Eyebrow pencil



May 25, 1937. J. J. woEssNER EYEBROW PENCIL Filed April ll, 1936 mi ITMIWNTOR BY M' TTORNEY Patented May 25, 1937 .PATENT ori-"lcs EYEBROWPENCIL John J. Woessner, Maspeth, N. Y., assignor to Eberhard FaberPencil Co., a

New York corporation 4oi' Application April 11, 1936, Serial No. 73,816g 2 Claims.

This invention relates in general to holders for marking materials, andmore particularly to an eyebrow pencil wherein a cylinder of markingcomposition is mounted in a casing which serves as a handle for applyingthe composition to the eyebrow.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved pencil ofthe character described which shall comprise a barrel or casing having aholder for a cylinder of the marking composition and means :forprojecting and retracting the cylinder from and into the casing at thewill of the user so that the material may be completely housed withinthe casing toprotect it against contact with other articles, such as ahandbag, when the pencil is out of use, and the marking composition maybe projected from the casing when it is desired to apply it kto theeyebrows.

Another object is to provide such a pencil embodying novel and improvedfeatures of construction whereby the pencil shall be simple andinexpensive in construction and reliable and durable in operation.

Other objects, advantages and results of the invention will appear' fromthe following description when read in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing wherein Figure l is a side elevation on a greatly enlarged scaleof a pencil embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the barrel of thepencil with portions of the operating mechanism shown in side elevation.

Figure 31s a complete longitudinal sectional view through the pencil. I

Figure 4 is a detached side elevation oi the guide tube.

Figure 5 is a detached side elevation ofthe holder for the markingcomposition, and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

AIn said drawing, corresponding and like parts are designated throughoutthe several views by the same reference characters, and the referencecharacter A designates the barrel of the pencil which is open at bothends and has one end tapered at I through which the cylinder of markingcomposition 2 is projected.

Within the barrel A is a guide tube 3 which is shown as consisting of asingle sheet of resilient material rolled into tubular form of adiameter slightly greater than that of the interior diameter of thebarrel A. and preferably said guide tube is secured in the barrel byfrictoinal contact between the tube and the barrel caused by thecontraction of the tube as it is inserted in the barrel and theconsequent inherent expanding resiliency of the guide tube, although thetube may be secured in the barrel in any other suitable way. The edgesof ,the sheet of material forming the tube are in spaced andapproximatelyparallel relation and the edge portions 4 are preferablyturned inwardly so as to have a chordal relation to the interior wallsof the barrel as clearly shown in Figure 6.

Within the guide tube is mounted a helical coil 5 that is rotatable butlongitudinally immovable in the barrel. As shown, one end of the coil isiitted into a hollow plug or cap t which has an inwardly projecting rib1 to frictionally compress the coil and connect it to the plug so thatthe coil will rotate with the plug. The plug is rotatably butlongitudinally immovably oonnected to the barrel by a rib S on the innersurface of the barrel seated in a circumferential groove 9 on theexterior of the plug.

Within the helical coil is disposed a holder i9 for the cylinder 2 ofmarking composition. This holder is shown as consisting of a singlesheet of material rolled to form a split tube and having 2 of markingycomposition is inserted into the holder and frictionally held therein bythe inherent contracting resiliency of the split' tube holder.

With this construction, the holder i0 may move longitudinally of theguide tube and helical coil but is held against rotation bythe lugsy Ilin the slot between the edges of the guide tube, and upon rotation ofthe helical coil, for example by holding the barrel in one hand androtating the plug 6 with the other, the holder i0 will be movedlongitudinally of the barrel so as to project or retract the cylinder 2of marking composition from or into the barrel, respectively.

During this operation, the lugs Ii of eachpair mutually reenforce eachother so as to restrain any tendency to bending of either lug upontendency to relative rotation of the holder I0 and the guide tube, andthe edges of the lugs provide extended bearing surfaces to engage theconvolutions of the helical coil.

As shown, the lugs oi each pair are preferably slightly spaced apart soas to snugly engage the edges o! the slot in the guide tube and to yieldtoward each other 'to compensate ior irregularities in said edges o! theslot or the spacing thereof and prevent binding or jamming of the parts.Also, the two pairs of lugs cooperate to restrain any lateral swinging Yrelation oi' the edge portions l of the guide tube to the inner walls oithe barrel insure proper engagement of the lugs Il with the guide tubeand reduce the possibility oi the lugs slipping out of the slot formedby said edge portions in the `guide tube.

abaisse Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. A pencil comprising a barrel, s single sheet of metal rolled to forma guide tube secured in said barrel and having its edges in parallel andspaced relation, the portions of said tube at the edges of said slotbeing disposed in approximatelyv chordal relation to the inner walls ofsaid barrel, a helical coil rotatable but longitudinally immovable insaid tube, and a holder for marking material slidable longitudinally insaid helical coil and having a lateral lug extending between twoadjacent convolutlons in said coil and slidable longitudinally oi andbetween said edges of said sheet forming the guide tube.

2. The pencil set forth in claim l wherein Said sheet forming the guidetube is of resilient material and held in position in said barrel byi'rictional engagement between the tube and barrel caused by theinherent expanding resiliency of the guide tube.

JOHN J. WOESSNER.

